Methodology: Derived from textual description

ID: 22

Description:

Typically a group opinion that has been derived from text about a coral colony or species.

Used for traits:

• Axis presence
• Calcareous sclerites presence
• Larval swimming speed
• Main non-scleritic skeletal component
• Substrate attachment
• Type of skeleton
• IUCN Red List category
• Polyp type
• Water temperature
• Abundance GBR
• Abundance world
• Colony contractability
• Depth lower
• Depth upper
• Depth zone
• Light zone
• Type locality depth
• Water clarity preference
• Wave exposure preference
• Climate zone
• Marine province
• Marine realm
• Branch diameter
• Branching architecture
• Calyx height
• Calyx width
• Coloniality
• Colony height
• Colony maximum diameter
• Colony width
• Coordination of polyps
• Corallite width maximum
• Corallite width minimum
• Growth form
• Growth form (basic octocorallia)
• Growth form (detailed octocorallia)
• Growth outline type
• Number of pinnules per tentacle
• Polyp density
• Polyp diameter
• Polyp dimorphism
• Polyp height
• Polyp retractability
• Polyps per polyp leaf
• Rachis length
• Tentacle length
• Trunk diameter
• Type of growth
• Genus fossil age
• Genus fossil stage
• Growth rate
• Longevity
• Symbiodinium clade
• Tissue thickness
• Zooxanthellate
• Age at maturity
• Asexual reproduction mode
• Frequency of reproduction
• Larval length
• Larval width
• Mode of larval development
• Oocyte size at maturity
• Oogenic cycle duration
• Polyp fecundity
• Propagule size on release
• Reproductive period
• Sexual system
• Size at maturity
• Spawning date

Added by: Joshua Madin

Observations using this methodology

Culicia verreauxi

• 25819

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 25818

  Wave exposure preference

  broad (cat)

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Cyathelia axillaris

• 25847

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Cyathotrochus herdmani

• 25887

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 25879

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 25888

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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Cyathotrochus nascornatus

• 25921

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 25913

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 25922

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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Cyathotrochus pileus

• 25955

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 25947

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 25956

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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Cyclomuricea flabellata

• 209876

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Cycloseris boschmai

• 133493

  Genus fossil age

  121 (mya)

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• 133496

  Genus fossil age

  42 (mya)

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• 107925

  Coloniality

  solitary (cat)

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• 133492

  Genus fossil stage

  Aptian (cat)

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• 133490

  Genus fossil stage

  Cretaceous middle (cat)

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• 133491

  Genus fossil age

  121 (mya)

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• 106458

  Substrate attachment

  unattached (cat)

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• 114511

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 133494

  Genus fossil stage

  Cretaceous (cat)

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• 133495

  Genus fossil age

  144 (mya)

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Cycloseris costulata

• 107926

  Coloniality

  solitary (cat)

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• 133498

  Genus fossil stage

  Cretaceous middle (cat)

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